The commute may be routine but the bike you ride it on doesn’t have to be. As more and more people discover that a bicycle is an indispensable tool for urban life, Monocle visits five brands and artisans who can liven up…

Spurred on by the Lebanese government’s promise to cut carbon emissions and start using renewable energy, the Danish embassy in Beirut decided to introduce some much needed green thinking to the land of Cedars.

Spurred on by the Lebanese government’s promise to cut carbon emissions and start using renewable energy, the Danish embassy in Beirut decided to introduce some much needed green thinking to the land of Cedars.

What do you really want out of a city? And what can you do without? With the environment top of the agenda in mayors’ offices around the world, *Monocle* looks beyond the recycling bins and congestion charges to see what…

A new Saturday market of small-scale farmers in Puerto Rico adds to the country's organic agricultural movement, a new pie shop in Lisbon taps into the growing trend for inexpensive fare over a traditional sit-down affair…

We hear from a caviar expert sourcing her stock from China, visit Cairo to meet the man making a profit by paying people to recycle, and we find out how one company in Mumbai is selling yoga to a younger generation using…

As the first military talks between North and South Korea in three years conclude, we consider what they might mean for the future of the peninsula. We also look at the Australian government’s new anti-immigration campaign…

Social entrepreneurship: we tour a historic refuge for London’s dispossessed that doubles as a sumptuous private members’ club, learn how recycling newcomers TerraCycle turn Hungarian waste into profit, and see how women…

We’re in Turkey to check the health of the Anatolian print market, meet an Austrian ex-banker who runs an ice-cream emporium in Belgrade, sit down with designer extraordinaire Sid Mashburn, review a recyclable smartphone…

In a small Lebanese restaurant on London’s Edgware Road two Syrian chefs sat sipping tea as they watched President Bashar al-Assad deliver his first speech since the anti-regime protests began last week.

In a small Lebanese restaurant on London’s Edgware Road two Syrian chefs sat sipping tea as they watched President Bashar al-Assad deliver his first speech since the anti-regime protests began last week.

Though the onstage glitz of music stardom is a career granted to a privileged few, it’s the backroom songwriters actually writing hits – quietly, anonymously working away – who often enjoy the longterm financial benefits…

Last week I had the good fortune of seeing the great Allen Toussaint play live at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in London at two sold-out shows. If the name doesn’t ring a bell, you’re forgiven. For aficionados of New Orleans…

I’m going to stick my neck out a little here and say perhaps, just a little bit, we need to be careful not to write cars out of our cities at the rate we currently are.

I’m going to stick my neck out a little here and say perhaps, just a little bit, we need to be careful not to write cars out of our cities at the rate we currently are. I know I stand as a very small pebble against the…